Summary
This chapter covered a number of critical steps. You first made sure that your system contained all the required components for compiling Nginx. You then proceeded to select the proper version branch for your usage—will you be using the stable version or a more advanced, yet potentially less stable, one? After downloading the source and configuring the compilation process by enabling or disabling features and modules such as SSL, GeoIP, and more, you compiled the application and installed it on the system in the directory of your choice. You created an init script and modified the system boot sequence to schedule for the service to be started.
From this point on, Nginx is installed on your server and automatically starts with the system. ...
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